Location: Valley Of The Sun, AZ Joined: 07.03.2009
Nov 24 @ 11:22 PM ET
Evan Bouchard is a smart hockey player, makes smart decisions with the puck for a young player. For as bad a GM Peter Chiarelli turned out to be in Edmonton he made some good draft picks.
They’ve been trying to be good for almost eight frickin years spending to the cap amd trading away youth and picks like candy - LeftCoaster
FA is not shy about spending money on the ice or press box. Just not in the parts that matter the most, the front office. Shame. I'd give up Roussel or Beagle to have a better coach.
Evan Bouchard is a smart hockey player, makes smart decisions with the puck for a young player. For as bad a GM Peter Chiarelli turned out to be in Edmonton he made some good draft picks. - LeftCoaster
Even Hughes looked like an NHL D playing 3rd pairing.
Tippett's a decent coach. 22 years of experience before joining Edmonton.
from someone who’s played at a high level, I’m sorry but you’re grossly misinformed. A lot of stuff happens within a dressing room that’s never spoken about and it’s very rare everyone likes everyone. Strong teams pull together for the greater good.
Jonathan Quick wasn’t very well liked in LA (apparently) but Sutter got everyone pulling in the right direction, that’s what I mean by leadership. If what Don says is true Travis Green is 100% part of the problem and guys most likely don’t have a lot of respect for him. - LeftCoaster
I doubt that organizations would put up with physical violence because someone doesn’t skate hard enough now. Maybe way back in the old timey days gramps, but in case you haven’t noticed, times have changed.
I’m not saying guys don’t have arguments, or get into fights, but what you are describing sounds more like assault.
- Petey’s ego is insane. Room is super cliquey. He won’t play with anybody not in his circle. Reason why him and Garland haven’t been put on the same line.
- Hughes also bad, but not petey level.
- JT is apparently losing his mind because he can’t stand how the young guys carry themselves and dont give a (frank) about losing. He won’t re-sign in van.
- Nobody respects Bo in the locker room and he just gets walked over as a captain.
- After the win on Friday there was a big verbal fight in the dressing room. Coaches called a meeting that went until after midnight. - CanuckDon
Man, if that's true, I would understand a full blow up.
Canucks ownership is apparently pondering its next move, stunned that things have gone so badly. Postmedia News understands that chairman Francesco Aquilini and his brother Roberto Aquilini are at odds over the direction of the team.
Roberto’s never been much interested in the team’s affair, it’s been seen as Francesco’s ship, but if the family name was being sullied, and we know fans aren’t speaking well of ownership right now, then he’d be concerned, possibly even towards action.
This appears to be the case, though what course might be taken is not known.
Ownership’s past trend has been to have a succession plan in place before making any management changes. Before Mike Gillis was replaced, Trevor Linden was lined up to be the new president.
When Gillis was hired, that came right on the heels of the dismissal of Dave Nonis.
Further, before Gillis was dismissed in 2014, he was prevented from dismissing coach John Tortorella by ownership. (Tortorella, of course, was dismissed by Linden, after Gillis was sent out the door.)
There’s plenty of reasons to think that debate at the management level is why Benning hasn’t tried to at least change his coach, Travis Green, something that is usually understood to be a GM’s last manoeuvre before facing his own dismissal.
Something we've talked about before via The Province... how bad does it have to get before the other Aquilinis step in?
